Diagnosis and treatment of early and locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: The 2019 AIOM (Italian Association of Medical Oncology) clinical practice guidelines

F Passiglia; L Bertolaccini; M Del Re; F Facchinetti; R Ferrara; T Franchina; U Malapelle; J Menis; A Passaro; S Pilotto; S Ramella; G Rossi; R Trisolini; S Novello

doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.102862

Diagnosis and treatment of early and locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: The 2019 AIOM (Italian Association of Medical Oncology) clinical practice guidelines

Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2020 Apr:148:102862. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.102862. Epub 2020 Jan 25.

Authors

F Passiglia¹, L Bertolaccini², M Del Re³, F Facchinetti⁴, R Ferrara⁵, T Franchina⁶, U Malapelle⁷, J Menis⁸, A Passaro⁹, S Pilotto¹⁰, S Ramella¹¹, G Rossi¹², R Trisolini¹³, S Novello¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology, University of Turin, San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, TO, Italy.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
³ Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy.
⁴ INSERM U981, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France.
⁵ Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Human Pathology "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Italy.
⁷ Department of Public Health, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Medical Oncology Department, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS, Padova, Italy.
⁹ Division of Thoracic Oncology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ U.O.C. Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
¹¹ Radiotherapy Unit, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
¹² Pathologic Anatomy, Azienda USL della Romagna, S. Maria delle Croci Hospital of Ravenna and Degli Infermi Hospital of Rimini, Italy.
¹³ Interventional Pulmonology Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
¹⁴ Department of Oncology, University of Turin, San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, TO, Italy. Electronic address: silvia.novello@unito.it.

PMID: 32062311
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.102862

Abstract

The Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) has developed clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with early and locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. In the current paper a panel of AIOM experts in the field of thoracic malignancies discussed these topics, analyzing available scientific evidences, with the final aim of providing a summary of clinical recommendations, which may guide physicians in their current practice.

Keywords: Clinical practice guidelines; Early disease; Locally advanced disease; Non-small cell lung cancer; Recommendations.

Publication types

Practice Guideline
Review

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* / therapy
Humans
Italy
Lung Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms* / therapy
Medical Oncology